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1745. Pant AXELLi, Enrico. [C. A. Timiriazeff.] Riv. Biol. 2: 442. 1920.— Timiriazeff's 

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1746. Pantaxelli, Exrico. Giuseppe Severini. Ann. Botanica 15: 54-56. Portrait- 

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1748. Paris, Giulio. Italo Giglioli. Riv. Biol. 2: 696-704. Portrait. 1920.— Giglioli 

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